Recently, I started my count down to the new year by listing my favorite books from this year. Today, I am sharing my favorite middle grade novels. However, this list was probably my hardest one to create. Some books that I loved this year, I will not be able to share with you until after January 28, 2014. Others, I never had a chance to read because of the classes I took this year, which really cut into my reading time. So, today I am sharing just a few of the ones that I loved but I do encourage you to check the posts of others in order to not miss any of the amazing stories that were written this year.

And yes, I do know that this one below isn't a fiction novel, but since I did not read enough longer middle grade nonfiction to do a separate post, I decided to squeeze this one in here. It is too good to miss.